Hijacked EgyptAir plane landed at Larnaca airport...

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-35915139

An EgyptAir airliner has been hijacked and forced to divert to Larnaca airport on the south coast of Cyprus.

Flight MS181, an Airbus A320 carrying 81 passengers from Alexandria to Cairo,was taken over by at least one hijacker.
A passenger who said he was wearing a suicide belt ordered the flight crew to divert to Cyprus, EgyptAir said.
Cypriot police said those in control of the aircraft had made no immediate demands after it landed.
Larnaca airport has been closed and scheduled flights diverted elsewhere.

 

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Sky News now quoting Reuters saying '8 Britons and 10 Americans on the plane'

 

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And now... PA News reporting all passengers except for 5 'foreigners' and the crew being released...

 

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Thankfully it's landed which reduces the possible death toll to under one hundred from potentially thousands.

 

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mad

 

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So ! How did he get aboard ?

 

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hove born&bred said:

So ! How did he get aboard ?

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With help I shouldn't wonder.

 

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Some reports are suggesting that the hijacker wants a letter to be delivered to his ex-wife who lives in Larnaca.

Is the Egyptian postal service that bad?

 

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hove born&bred said:

So ! How did he get aboard ?

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because airport security is near useless worldwide, anyone serious can bypass the fig leaf of protection as we repeatedly see.

 

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beorhthelm said:

because airport security is near useless worldwide, anyone serious can bypass the fig leaf of protection as we repeatedly see.

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Or he doesn't have a real suicide belt on him and has constructed a fake one from things which are allowed through security.

At this stage none of us have any idea what's going on.

 

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Bozza said:

Some reports are suggesting that the hijacker wants a letter to be delivered to his ex-wife who lives in Larnaca.

Is the Egyptian postal service that bad?

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yes looks a little like the whole world is peeping in on a domestic

 

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A loan Veterinary nut, seems he only has a few hostages left (cabin crew) after most have walked out.

 

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Need to keep the plane on the ground now so it doesn't become a flying bomb.

 

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Not connected with terrorism , just a plain old run of the mill hijacking

 

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Hugo Rune said:

A loan Veterinary nut, seems he only has a few hostages left (cabin crew) after most have walked out.

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Doubt he will get signed up on a permanent deal after this performance.

 

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Not the best way to get access to your kids in my opinion (if that's what it's about)

 

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Bozza said:

Some reports are suggesting that the hijacker wants a letter to be delivered to his ex-wife who lives in Larnaca.

Is the Egyptian postal service that bad?

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Such difficulty suggests that we all need a drop-dead gorgeous Jonathan Pine in our lives to woo their way through hardships indestructibly. The only price in hiring him as delivery man would be the fact that he would undoubtedly bed said wife seconds after she opens the door to him.

 

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Reports that he's let out all the hostages and is on his own in the plane.

 

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What the ...

Such a strange story. Why did he not just buy a ticket to Cyprus in the first place? Was it supposed to be some 'grand' gesture?

Anyway bloke is going to spend his life in prison now, so probably not the outcome he was looking for.

 

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Reports that he's let out all the hostages and is on his own in the plane.

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Is he having a moment to think about what he's done?